PITTSBURGH – A Wisconsin couple claims that the presence of an unmarked and unprotected drop-off located next to the handicap space where their friend’s vehicle was parked, led the wife-plaintiff to fall and suffer a severe leg injury.
Debra Veith and Greg Veith of Two Rivers, Wis. filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on May 24 versus CCI Historic, Inc. of Dallas, Texas and Village Green Management Company, LLC, of Pittsburgh.
“The events hereinafter set forth occurred on Oct. 6, 2021 at about 7:30 p.m. in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. At said time and place, there existed a parking garage that was part of a complex known as Albion at Morrow Park, which is located at 5250 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Defendant CCI owns, operates, maintains, manages and/or controls the parking garage located at 5250 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. The events hereinafter set forth occurred inside the aforementioned parking garage,” the suit says.
“At all times mentioned herein, Chance Prem rented an apartment at Albion at Morrow Park and rented a parking space in the aforesaid parking garage. At said time and place, plaintiff Debra Veith and Dawn Zilles-Prem were visiting Chance. In preparation for their visit, Chance made arrangements for his handicapped mother, Dawn Zilles-Prem, to park her vehicle in a parking space reserved for handicapped visitors within the aforesaid parking garage. At said time and place, plaintiff Debra Veith was a rear passenger in a vehicle owned by plaintiffs and operated by Chance.”
The suit adds that the parking space was directly next to an unmarked and unprotected drop-off, which was located close to the rear driver’s side of the vehicle.
“After parking in the space reserved for handicapped visitors within the aforesaid parking garage, plaintiff Debra Veith exited the rear driver’s side of the vehicle. As plaintiff Debra Veith stepped out of the vehicle, she fell over the edge of the drop-off. As a result of the foregoing event, plaintiff Debra Veith sustained a left lower extremity injury and injuries as more fully set forth in her medical records,” the suit states.
For counts of negligence and loss of consortium, the plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of the arbitration limits.
The plaintiffs are represented by Michael J. Colarusso of Colarusso & Cohen, in Pittsburgh.
The defendants have not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-22-006224
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com